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FactCheck Q A: do eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses?

  • Written by Zali Yager, Senior lecturer in Health and Physical Education, Victoria University
imageLabor MP Mark Butler, speaking on Q&A.Q&A

The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9:35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.

Excerpt from Q&A, October 3, 2016.

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